Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Switzerland Trip

I just returned from a week in the Swiss alps with Snowboard Canada  .

Got invited on the trip an couldn't be more stoked that I went , the trip was all covered an some of the places we stayed an rode were amazing  .
It turned out to be a really fun week , an we scored great conditions the whole time .


We rode 4 resorts that were all massive an spanned over thousands of meters , they were :
Schilthorn , Kleine Scheidegg ,  Grindelwald First an Hasliberg .


Some of the highlights for me were :  Brekefast at 3500 meters in revolving restaurant ,  Taking the train thru the Eiger Mountain to the top of the Jungfrau  11 782 Ft ,   sampling some great Swiss food an beer , Shredding Hasliberg resort , staying up in a cabin on the mountain an watching amazing sunsets .

A massive shout out to all the crew on the Trip , the friends we met  an to the Tourism board for putting us up .
Switzerland is so beautiful an is a must do on anybody list , I highly recommend it  .

Photos from the trip below .



Our first stay in Interlaken 


Grindelwald



The Eiger

View from inside the Eiger looking to Grindelwald

Our lines from the gondola


Some of the terrain we rode.

This is our friend /guide Alex , he rips an showed us some cool spots .
Thanks Alex!


Looking down into Meringin

Lake Brienz , beautiful 



Swiss watches , this 1 was just a casual $ 21,000 Swiss franks .

Friday, March 18, 2011

Powdery March



March has been a heavy snow month here in Washington .
We've had alot of great days out shredding the mountain an sledding when the weather opens up .

Some highlights have included , sledding in the deepest snow an getting stuck more times than I can remember ,  Hiking around Stevens Pass an shredding pow runs down to the road  ,  Feeding the birds from our hands an exploring new terrain with friends 

I've had some time off after landing abit flat off a cliff recently , but feel pretty good now , an am off to Switzerland for the week to shoot with Snowboard Canada .

Here's a random collection of images over the last 2 weeks .


Good morning sled !


Indy off the 'Ugly' cliff 


Abby launching a tail grab 1st hit



Abby feeding the birds 




Pow turn down to the road


Inbounds ollie


Pondering some lines ...

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Whistler - Washington

The last couple of weeks I've been bouncing in between Squamish B.C an Seattle WA abit .
Mainly to keep things mixed up , an also to shoot with different people an chasing the good snow .

We snuck in a day at Grouse Mountain Vancouver to check out their park an feel the mountain out , its got amazing views over Vancouver an has a super fun park to shred.

We've also been sledding up by Mt Baker , which is always special  , the zone up there is massive an has alot of wide opens bowls with glacier features up top, we stayed up there till sunset a couple times which is amazing

One of the highlights recently has been riding Stevens Pass WA , which is a gem of a Mountain situated about 100km east of Seattle .

Every year Stevens gets so much snow its almost hard to keep up with ...
This year they've been struggling abit, but over the last few days , they got about 4 feet of snow which was much needed !

We've made some great friends up Stevens, who always make us feel so welcome an help us out with a place to stay , tickets , showing us the mountain an generally pointing us in the right direction .
Cheers dudes !



Filming terrain in Whistler , pick ur line ...


Coming down the line in Stevens Pass

Early morning mission to Baker



Top of Baker , glacier features .



Hiking lines at sledzone .



Stevens Pass Night Shred 



Dude , where's my truck ?